Judd Hirsch
Known for Acting · 114 credits
- Born
- 1935-03-15 (age 91)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- جاد هیرش · Judd Seymore Hirsch
Biography
Judd Seymore Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American actor. He is known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi (1978–1983), John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John (1988–1992), and Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs (2005–2010). He is also well known for his career in theatre and for his roles in films such as Ordinary People (1980), Running on Empty (1988), Independence Day (1996), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Uncut Gems (2019), and The Fabelmans (2022).
He won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The 42-year gap between his first nomination (Ordinary People in 1980) and second (The Fabelmans in 2022) is the longest in history.
Known For
TV Shows (48)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Judah Platner / Joseph Edelman
Family Guy
1999
as Judd Hirsch (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as Rabbi (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Ben Elkins
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
Columbo
1971
as Make-up Artist (uncredited)
The Good Wife
2009
as Judge Harrison Creary
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Audience Member
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Alfred Hofstadter
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
The Goldbergs
2013
as Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg
Numb3rs
2005
as Alan Eppes
American Experience
1988
as (voice)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Self - Winner / Self - Presenter
Damages
2007
as Bill Herndon
Warehouse 13
2009
as Izzy Weisfelt
Big Mouth
2017
as Lewis Glouberman (voice)
Taxi
1978
as Alex Reiger
Perception
2012
as Sigmund Freud
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
Caroline in the City
1995
as Ben Karinsky
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Family Law
1999
as Daniel Bonner
Rhoda
1974
Hunters
2020
as Simon Wiesenthal
Cosmos
2014
as Robert Oppenheimer (voice)
Dear John
1988
as John Lacey
Forever
2014
as Abe
Modern Love
2019
as Cop / Vendor / Taxi Driver
God Friended Me
2018
as Abe
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Wes Mendell
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
as Prisoner (voice)
Extrapolations
2023
as David Goldblatt
Street Time
2002
as Shimi Goldman
Maron
2013
as Larry
Medical Story
1975
as Dr. Joe Dempsey
George & Leo
1997
as Leo Wagonman
Mid-Century Modern
2025
as Alan
Delvecchio
1976
as Dominick Delvecchio
Generation Gap
2022
as Self
Superior Donuts
2017
as Arthur Przybyszewski
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as David Matthews
Regular Joe
2003
as Baxter Binder
Detective in the House
1985
The Real Jesus of Nazareth
2017
as Narrator
Movies (66)
Independence Day
1996
as Julius Levinson
A Beautiful Mind
2001
as Helinger
Uncut Gems
2019
as Gooey
Independence Day: Resurgence
2016
as Julius Levinson
The Fabelmans
2022
as Uncle Boris
Tower Heist
2011
as Mr. Simon
The Muppets
2011
as Judd Hirsch
Serpico
1973
as Cop (uncredited)
Man on the Moon
1999
as Self (uncredited)
Ordinary People
1980
as Dr. Berger
Showing Up
2023
as Bill
Teachers
1984
as Roger Rubell
Silent Witness
2011
as Saul Rubin
Sharknado 2: The Second One
2014
as Ben
This Must Be the Place
2011
as Mordecai Midler
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
The Best You Can
2025
as Walter Rand
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
as L.J. Shapiro
Running on Empty
1988
as Arthur Pope
Fantasy Life
2026
as Fred
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
King of the Gypsies
1978
as Groffo
Brotherly Love
1985
as Ben Ryder / Harry Ryder
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
as Self
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Capt. David Matthews
Hollywood Stargirl
2022
as Mr. Mitchell
The Law
1974
as Murray Stone
First Steps
1985
as Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky
The Legend of Valentino
1975
as Jack Auerbach
Burning at Both Ends
2021
as Bertrand
Without a Trace
1983
as Al Menetti
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Rocky Marciano
1999
as Al Weill
Fear on Trial
1975
as Saul
The Goodbye People
1984
as Arthur Korman
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
2016
as Self
I Love Liberty
1982
as Self
Stay Forte
2025
Altered Minds
2014
as Dr. Nathaniel Shellner
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023
as Self
The Keegans
1976
as Lt. Marco Ciardi
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't
1979
as Count Dracula
Zeyda and the Hitman
2004
as Gideon Schub
Coney Island
1991
as (voice)
A Deadly Legend
2020
as Carl Turner
Brother's Shadow
2006
as Leo Groden
Out of the Cold
1999
as Leon Axelrod
Color of Justice
1997
as Sam Lind
Lights
1984
as Narrator
iMordecai
2023
as Mordecai Samel
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Rally Caps
2024
as Herb
Jump
1971
as Man (uncredited)
Summer Camp Island
2017
as Shark / Monster Under the Bed (voice)
Betrayal of Trust
1994
as Jules Masserman
She Said No
1990
as Martin Knapek
The December Cross
Gone Hollywood
2019
as Lev Kertzman
Polish Bar
2010
as Uncle Sol
Marriage Is Alive and Well
1980
as Herb Rollie
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
2016
as Julius Levinson
Sooner or Later
1979
as Bob Walters
Who Killed the Federal Theatre?
2003
as Narrator
The 1964 World's Fair
1996
as Narrator
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
1986
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Eugene Gregan: Born Dead
as Self
About Judd Hirsch
Judd Seymore Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American actor. He is known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi (1978–1983), John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John (1988–1992), and Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs (2005–2010). He is also well known for his career in theatre and for his roles in films such as Ordinary People (1980), Running on Empty (1988), Independence Day (1996), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Uncut Gems (2019), and The Fabelmans (2022). He won two Primetime Emmy Awa… With 114 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Judd Hirsch has appeared in 66 films and 48 TV shows.
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Most Popular Judd Hirsch Movies
- Independence Day (1996) — as Julius Levinson
- A Beautiful Mind (2001) — as Helinger
- Uncut Gems (2019) — as Gooey
- Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) — as Julius Levinson
- The Fabelmans (2022) — as Uncle Boris
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